Dentltqiti-rt Jockey Glu&amp; The ordinary monthly meeting of the Deniliquin Jockey Club was held yesterday at the Globe Hotel. The president (Mr W. Kilpatrick) occupied the chair.- an 1 there were present Messrs S. Fox. J. Geraghty, G. R. Iseiin C F. De Fraga. H. Hawkins, and F. Sparrow. The minutes ot the- previous meeting were read aV«l confirmed. Accounts amounting to £13 5s 9d were passed foV, payment on the motion of Mr Hawkfesi 'i&amp;onded by Mr Iselin. Correspondnnoe was read to Me J. M. Chanter, M.P.:- saying that Mr R, AY. McLaurm bad been recommended as a Trustee.- To a number of racing clubs re the foal stakes. . . lbe oeereiarv repontu. mat uuuug «*«- nast three months he had frequently visited the racecourse, and during that time, no damage bad been done by travellers. Rab bits were fairly numerous. Mr Hawkins said they wanted a1 caretaker. It would keep tramps away,- and if the Com mittee could we their way clear to employ an old man he was sure it would pay ...

The Local Land Board. AN IMPORTANT DECISION At the Local Land Board's sitting on Tues day last before taking evidence of some 41 applicants for two settlement leases, the Chairman (Mr F. A. Trollope) read the following opinion of the Crown Solicitor ,,mn fho Tirnnadure to be adopted by the Court in dealing with simultaneous Gonflict ing applications for land : — Af t« consideration of the section 1 have come to the conclusion that the procedure to be adopted by the ten I boards shoald be as follows- : The local Land Board holding ita sitting ia the open eourt should ascertain first of all tbat the applications have been made, tendered, or lodged simultaneously with the Crown lands agent, scras to be entitled to be taken into consideration by them. The duty then devolves upon the hoard of determining further the order of priority of such applications. At this age of fne proceedings applicants, in my opinion, have Bo right to appear as parties, or to croesexa mite one another. . It is...

Valedictory Gathering. On Tuesday afternoon last a number of &amp;nbsp; leading citizens met at Tattersall's Hotel &amp;nbsp; to wish bon-voyage to Mr William Duncan &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; the popular manager of the local &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Freezing Woiks, who has been suddenly called to England on business. The Major (Mr Fred, Jane) occupied the chair He asked those present to fill their glasses. They had met to say good &amp;nbsp; bye to their respected townsman, Mr &amp;nbsp; Duncan, who was leaving for England &amp;nbsp; and Scotland on private business. The gathering was only an impromptu one, but the number who had attended on such &amp;nbsp; a short notice was a sufficient guarantee &amp;nbsp; of the esteem in which Mr Duncan was held. He asked them to drink success to &amp;nbsp; their guest, and wish him a safe journey. The toast was drunk with musical honors and Mr A. H. Windeyer said he was pleased to be present and support...

Death of Mr Arthur Tyson. We regret to have to report the death of Mr Arthur Charles Denis Tyson, of Pevensey and Corrong stations, which sad event took place at his Melbourne residence, "Myola", Armadale, on Sunday morning. The cause of death was typhoid fever. Mr Arthur Tyson was the youngest son of the late Mr Peter Tyson, of Corrong at which station he was born on the 27th February, 1870. The deceased was thus in the 31st year of his age at the time of his death. Mr Arthur Tyson was educated at the Geelong Grammar School and as soon as he became of age took his share in the responsibilities of managing Corrong and Tarwong as a member of the firm of A. and A. Tyson. The deceased married Miss Laura Weir, daughter of Mr Weir, Stock Inspector, of Deniliquin, and for some time after his marriage resided on his Switzerland estate, Yea, Victoria. After the firm purchased Pevensey from Mr Walter Tyson, Mr Arthur made that his home. The deceased was one of four brothers and three sisters...

Election of Mayor. The Council Chambers was well filled With spectators on Monday afternoon last, to witness the election of Mayor for the ensuing year. The retiring Mayor (Ald. G. H. Perrin) occupied the chair, and the following aldermen were also pre sent : — Messrs H. L. Jones, F. Jane, A. B. Jefferson, J. G. Evans, J. Taylor, G. Evans. P. Faean. and I. Kelly. The retiring Mayor, Alderman Perrin, Said they had met for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the ensuing year, but before proceeding to that business he wished to introduce to them Mr John Kelly, who had been, returned as an aider man for the East ward. Mr Kelly had made the necessary declaration and he (the speaker) considered the ratepayers &amp;nbsp; were fortunate in getting such a good man.' (Applause.) It was usual on such occasions for the retiring Mayor to make ? statement showing the position of the Council's finances -during his term of office. The general rate struck for the year was- £1,255, and the water ...

Sporting Meirts. , P.Y V.*l!I.l.r.SI.EV.' A siinrt. price wan accepted al-cat P.nii Fry f^r the St. (ieiirge Stakes. Lancaster be: uj tin: only other horse bucked in a field i.f nine. A treat surpi^e was in s-tore. however. The U!tr eut out the iuii ninj! at a merry pace, but lurn:na into tl.e strai^lit I'aul Pry made hi&amp; effort, and as tie shot to t.iit fi.int his friends were on goou terms with tuunisein-*. , But suddenly Cleau Sweep daa'ned up :tl»rig.si-!e. an '? j the friends of the favourite had the niuriifioaiiou of | t-eein^ him fjeaien by his stable companion, the ; Melbourne Cap wiuncr, wliose -;iif.n'ee was n-ii i snrionsly taken into account. Clean .'nveep who wa' ! ridden by Paul Pry's old jockey; W. Powell, is en gaged in the Australian Cup (Sst. Dlb.),- and the Sydney Cup (Sst. 71U.); According to Mr P.-H. ITeath (of Gaunt and Co), the first furlong of the Futurity ri'akes was run in Hscc, the next two fu; longs in 2.1|-ee.', and the coiiclmling half-mile in 5...